Tabs, Batch Processing and 2D data slicing and processing for pr #1366

Job	Run time
Generate test matrix	7s
Test (ubuntu-20.04, 3.11)	3m 6s
Test (ubuntu-20.04, 3.9)	2m 25s
Test (ubuntu-20.04, 3.10)	2m 20s
Test (windows-latest, 3.11)	7m 25s
Test (windows-latest, 3.9)	9m 42s
Test (windows-latest, 3.10)	8m 16s
Test (macos-latest, 3.11)	3m 34s
Test (macos-latest, 3.9)	3m 45s
Test (macos-latest, 3.10)	3m 45s
Test (ubuntu-latest, 3.11)	2m 49s
Test (ubuntu-latest, 3.9)	2m 23s
Test (ubuntu-latest, 3.10)	2m 18s
Installer (ubuntu-20.04, 3.11)	14m 24s
Installer (windows-latest, 3.11)	23m 34s
Installer (macos-latest, 3.11)	1h 40m 59s
Test installer (windows-latest, 3.11)	2m 3s
Test installer (ubuntu-20.04, 3.11)	1m 37s
	3h 14m 32s

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